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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

Also called: Electrical and Instrumentation Supervisor (E and I Supervisor), Facilities Maintenance Supervisor, Facility Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Coordinator, Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Manager

Compare with my current job (First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers)
Median pay in Greater Boston
$94,970
$45.66/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
8,690
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+5.1%
1,110 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
High school diploma or equivalent
Less than 5 years of related work experience

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$60,920$75,250$94,970$117,120$130,570

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.
  • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
  • Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
  • Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
  • Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure45 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 46
  • Language-model AIOE 44
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 46

Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)

AI exposure for this job is moderate, and some workers already use AI tools. Tools can help with reading job orders and specifications, tracking work levels, and reviewing performance. They do not do hands-on repairs, check work areas for safety, or train and lead a crew in person.

Likely to change

  • Reviewing job orders and specifications
  • Tracking work levels and performance

Still relies on people

  • Hands-on repair and testing of finished work
  • Safety training and checking work areas

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

Next steps from here

Related jobs that build on what you already do.

  • Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

    You already repair equipment with hand and power tools and keep records. This job pays a similar median ($95,520) with moderate-term on-the-job training.

    Pay difference
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    AI exposure
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    MA growth
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    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

  • Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

    Your safety-checking habits carry over directly. It pays more ($111,490 median), has 13.3% projected growth, and is learned through long-term on-the-job training.

    Pay difference
    +$16,520 median
    AI exposure
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    MA growth
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    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

  • Structural Iron and Steel Workers

    Reading blueprints and checking alignment build on your inspection skills. It pays $120,840 median and is learned through an apprenticeship.

    Pay difference
    +$25,870 median
    AI exposure
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    MA growth
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    To get started
    High school diploma or equivalent

Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

3 programs near Boston (plus 1 graduate)

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